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A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood . Set in Southern California during 1962, shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis, it depicts one day in the life of George, a middle-aged Englishman who is a professor at a Los Angeles university.
Un hombre soltero (título original en inglés: A Single Man) es una novela del escritor inglés nacionalizado estadounidense Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986), publicada en 1964 en Estados Unidos por la editorial Simon & Schuster. Está dedicada al escritor Gore Vidal.
In 186 pages of concentrated, yet langorous, stream-of-consciousness prose Isherwood gets to the heart of what it means to be a middle-aged man, a loner, a fish out of water, an expatriate on several levels -- as a Britisher in a new land, a gay man in mid-century America, a man who thinks of himself as an outsider and a social animal at the ...
A Single Man is a 2009 American period romantic drama film based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. The directorial debut of fashion designer Tom Ford , the film stars Colin Firth , who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of George Falconer, a depressed gay British university ...
Overview. A Single Man: A Novel was written by Christopher Isherwood and published in 1964. Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was born in England and later moved to the United States. Because Isherwood was gay and moved to escape the stifling atmosphere of England, the novel can be said to loosely resemble, or at least be inspired by, his own life.
9 de jun. de 2020 · The best prose writer in English' Gore Vidal Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to ...
19 de nov. de 2013 · He is determined to persist in the routines of his former life. A Single Man follows him over the course of an ordinary twenty-four hours. Behind his British reserve, tides of grief, rage,...
